Myrmecia vindex

Myrmecia vindex
M. vindex worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmeciinae
Genus: Myrmecia
Species: M. vindex
Binomial name
Myrmecia vindex
F. Smith, 1858

Myrmecia vindex is a species of Myrmecia which is native in Australia. The Myrmecia vindex was collected and described by Frederick Smith in 1858.[1]

Appearance

Myrmecia vindex's are around 21 millimetres long on average, and they have normally have a red head, and a black abdomen. Their mandibles are long, strongly toothed, and appears in a yellow palish colour.[2]

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